Villagers block national road in call for land

7 December 2011
The Cambodia Daily
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Investment / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Marine and coastal areas / Public land lease / Water resources
Botum Sakor National Park / Chinese aid / economic land concession / forced eviction / Kiri Sakor / Koh Kong / Land dispute / national road 48 / Protest / Relocation / Resettlement / Tourism / Union Development Group

More than 250 villagers blocked National Road 48 yesterday in Koh Kong province while protesting against their eviction from their Kiri Sakor district homes, slowing traffic for more than eight hours, officials said... Prom Sann, a representative for the villagers, said the protesters represented 250 families who have not received two hectares of land that was promised to them in compensation for leaving their coastal village and relocating to a site about 15km inland...